Family Nurse Practitioner Personal Statement

First and foremost I believe that education is the key to success. Continuing my education to become a family nurse practitioner has always been a lifelong dream of mine ever since I started out in the medical field eight years ago.

Over the years, my nursing clinical expertise has blossomed and it is through such experience I knew that I wanted more out of my nursing degree. I have always been a strong advocate for my patients and believe in treating each and every patient as if they were my own family. One particular instance that drove my passion to become a nurse practitioner took place at my first nursing job working at a rehabilitation center. I had done an initial assessment on a patient of mine and found that her heart rate was one hundred and fifty and irregular. I immediately called the doctor since she had no prior history of cardiac problems and he told me to administer oral Cardizem and he would see her in the morning. I firmly believed that she needed to go to the emergency department for further follow up. After much debate with the doctor, he agreed that an ambulance and immediate medical attention was probably necessary. It was through my advocacy that this woman received the medical attention she needed and deserved. I realized at this point in my career that I needed more autonomy within my profession.

My co-workers have described me as someone who is immensely helpful, intelligent, outgoing and an effective communicator. All of these qualities combined with my work experience will assist me in the completion of my graduate degree. I currently hold a 3.97-grade point average at Ferris State University while working on my bachelor’s degree. I will have this completed in May of 2016 as I am in my last